* Mike Gerdts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-04-01 03:36]: > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Stephen Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Here's the part on package namespace handling. (These drafts were > > checked in as c0af9237a26a.) I'd like to get feedback on this > > document as well, before we start coming up with explicit categories, > > etc. It's probably worth mentioning that I could have written much > > more, but then the discussion might be prematurely narrowed... > > There is often times a disconnect between package names and the > features they deliver. This is not limited to [Open]Solaris - I've > felt that Debian and RHEL suffer from the same problem. I've written > up my thoughts in this area at... > > http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/2008/03/solaris-wish-list-feature-based-meta.html > > The most important part of this idea is that it offers a way to refer > to specific sets of packages, whether it be in installation profiles, > mailing lists, release notes, etc.
Your entry is why I reserved the "feature/" category. I don't think, however, the scheme for subcategories of feature/ is necessarily any easier to construct than for /. One interesting question is whether the schemes should differ, or not. - Stephen -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blogs.sun.com/sch/ _______________________________________________ pkg-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-discuss
